Principal Secretary, Education Department, Burra Venkatesham said the proposed Anti-Drug Committees in every school to check the abuse of narcotic substances at the school level will be implemented strictly once formed.
The committees would comprise teaching and non-teaching staff, parents, counsellors, and students, who would be encouraged to be peer police among themselves. Modalities of the programme and several concerns around it are being examined.
“We will come up with a different and a positive name that doesn’t contain the word ‘drug’, which would invoke any unnecessary ideas. Only the committee’s name would be different, the intended actions and results will remain unchanged,” Mr. Venkatesham said.
